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I may change my review when it finally comes out but...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 93
Date: April 15, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This is the game I've been waiting for since I got my xbox. Finally a new take on golf, I am so psyched!!! I will change my rating if the game turns out to be anything but awsome, but I don't expect it to.

Suprisingly good play, lots of fun

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: June 13, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Plain and simple, Outlaw Gold is a lot of fun. For a game that features strippers, malpractice-suit laided doctors, dominatrix, bikers, etc. instead of Arnold Palmer or Tiger Woods, it actually a rather good golf game in it's own right.

How good? I think that the game play could sell the game if real golfers were used.

The game is rather realistic; both in terms of game physics and players psyche. What I mean by the latter is that if you score a 10 on a par three, getting under par on the next hole is a lot harder than if you''d made par on that par three. In essence, the ease of play is granted to those who are playing well. One of the great things about this game is that you can beat up you caddy to get back that karma.

I only gave this game 4 out of 5 stars because at times the graphics look like a PS2 game; which isn't bad if you were playing this game ON a PS2, but I have come to expect a bit more from Xbox games.

Great Game!!! Very fun...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: June 13, 2002
Author: Amazon User

If you like games like hot shots. you will love this game. Where else can you beat up on your caddie. game play is very good. Enjoyable game. i recommend it to everyone.

Fun when it works

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 5
Date: June 14, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game yesterday and I enjoyed playing until 30 minutes into the game it froze on me. A little box popped up in the middle of the screen that read, "Bad Game Disc. There's a problem with the disc you're using. It may be dirty or damaged." After this happened two more times in the next twenty minutes of play I went back to the store and exchanged the game for a new copy. The problem continued to occur with the new disc. What I was able to play of the game was fun, but being unable to complete a round is extremely frustrating. My opinion is to wait until the problem is fixed to buy the game. For a publisher (Hypnotix) that has only released one Xbox game this is not the way to start.

i love this golf game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: June 15, 2002
Author: Amazon User

its the best golf game i have played

If you enjoy golf and have a sense of humor, get this game!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: June 16, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This is probably one of the best all around golf games ever made. The controls take some getting used to, but once you've mastered them, they're spot-on. The swing and putting dynamics are outstanding. As for the much-hyped "Outlaw" aspect of the game, all the characters are hillarious and very entertaining. The commentator gives varrying and equally funny remarks throughout. Probably one of the most impresssive aspects of the game is the number of different modes you can play in, scramble, best ball, casino, match, skins, stroke... I've never seen all these playing options in a golf game. Overall, I would reccommend this to any fan of golf. While the game does try to take itself "not so seriously", it still has very tight controls that stay true to the game of golf.

A decent first try, but not great

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 12 / 21
Date: June 18, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I purchased this game the first day it was released, eagerly anticipating a great golf experience in addition to some laughs. This is an obvious attempt to mirror Hot Shots Golf 3, a favorite golf game for the PS2, and I fully expected the people at Vivendi (or is it Simon and Shuester?) to have made Outlaw everything that HSG3 was and improve on it, using XBox's superior hardware. Unfortunatly, they failed in many ways...

The Good:

Golf engine - played and felt good, not remarkable, although I admit I prefer 'pressing the button 3 times' to 'pull back and push forward.

Characters - one main selling point of the game, the characters are very cool and of course very fun to look at, but this is a game you play, not just watch

Game Variety - play stroke, match, casino,timed, 1 club only play, and others. Multiple club sets and balls you can unlock.

Commentary - Good stuff from that comedy central guy.

The Bad:

Course Selection - This was one of my biggest gripes. I can turn off the annoying annimations and commentary but with only 3 courses to play, the longevity of the game will surely suffer. (HSG3 has like 7 or 8 courses?)

Course Design - Their was no imagination in the layout of the holes, just hit it straight and you will be on the green in regulation every time. Not much strategy needed to hit a birdie/par. Nothing tricky or fun. Examples: No par fives you can try to reach in 2 shots that punish you if you miss. Nothing in the way you need to intentionally hook the ball arround. No 'shortcuts through the trees and then down a cart path,' that reward you greatly but are very tricky to pull off. Theirs tons of stuff like that in HSG3.

Ball Flite Indicator - As you line up your shot and choose your club, power, and point of impact, arrows show exactly where the ball is going to go and if you are going to hit anything. This takes all of the fun and skill out of figuring out if you can clear some trees or if you can curve your shot arround that dogleg. You dont have to figure out if your going to clear a water hazard or if you should just lay up short. You dont have to consider wind, or elevation or your lie. Just line it up and hit it exactly where you want it.

Putting - You line up the put and then it shows you exactly where the put is going to go, and you get 3 chances to move your target and then see the balls exact path. This takes all the skill out of reading the green and putting.

Strike Point - You set the point on the ball where you are going to strike it before you shoot. Its easy and you can do it every time. This isnt realistic (full backspin on every shot at the green.) HSG3 made it difficult to obtain 'super backspin' and it required a perfect hit. Another skill that adds longevity to the game that anyone can do on their first (and every) shot.

Caddy Beating - Another feature of the game that sounded great on previews but turned into another of the games flaws. Beating your caddy gains compusure when you arent doing to well. Your composure changes with every single shot. The problem is you end up beating your caddy every single hole. To beat the caddy just hit a button 5 times, timing your hits kinda like parapa the rapper. It's way to easy to get all 5 hits in, fully raising your composure. It takes about 30 seconds (but imagine 4 players beating their caddie 18 times each, way to much time sitting arround watching the same animations). Hit the fringe, water, or Out of Bounds, and your compusure drops all the way down, and then you have to beat your caddie again (or hit bad shots with your poor composure.) Im talking Major Annoyance here: Any shot in the fringe, even 2 inches into the fringe on what other wise was a perfect shot and your compusure drops completely (and then you have to beat your caddie again.) Good example: More then once I was like 10 under par beating my opponents by at least 5 strokes, attempting to reach the green on a par 5 in 2 shots and I roll up on the fringe for an easy chip on in regulation. In real life that would be a good thing, in Outlaw golf, I gotta beat my caddy for the 10th time. Dont get me wrong, I like the idea of caddie beating but make it special by only letting me do it once or twice a game. And have my compusure move slightly up or down with each good or bad hit.

Repititon - Each player has 2 animations, and they are long. The first time they were very funny and all that, but after 18 holes you have seen the same one 9 times each.

The verdict: Alot more bad then good. Wait for something better. So rent it, laugh at the funny stuff, master the 3 simple courses, get tired of the real repetitive 'funny stuff', look at the girls a few more times, then return game to rental store and be glad you saved [money]

Dan

FUN AND UNDERRATED!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: June 18, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is great and fun. Don't listen to Gamespots review of 7.1....I agree on the control scheme being a little (make that alot) frustrating at times but it makes the game more challenging....The announcers are annoying but funny and beating your caddie is always fun! I recommend this game to anyone!

Outlaw Golg is a good golf spoof

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: June 18, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I just got my copy of Outlaw Golf and it is a riot.

I am not an avid golf fan but this definetly takes the quiet on the green to another level. It's like an Xbox version of Billy Madison.

I would recommend this game to someone looking at having fun with a great golf engine. If I can only win some games and unlock a few more players, that would be cool.

Best Golf Game on the Market

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: June 18, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I just got this game last night and it is the best golf game i have ever played. The graphics are awsome and the game play is a little hard to get use to at first, but just like real golf, it takes practice. You have to use the little joy stick things on the controller, you pull back for your back swing, then move it stright forward for your follow through. What i like most about this game is you can fight your caddy. Everytime you hit either a bad or good shot your composure level goes up or down. If you hit a number of bad shots your composure level will go in the gutter, so to get out of the gutter you can either put together a string of good shots, or do it the fun way by beating your caddy senseless, if you get all five punches in on your caddy you will go from being in the gutter to smokin'. Another good feature is being able to taunt your friends. If you hit the X button while someone else is trying to hit, their controller will start to shake and people from the crowd will yell comments at them, its hilarious.
You start off with 4 people to choose from and three different courses, but as you go farther in the game it appears that you can unlock about 5 or 6 other players and more courses.
To say the least I would recommend this game to anybody that likes to play golf and even if you dont like to play golf i think you would enjoy this game. Happy Hacking!

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